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Hot topics: semiconductor, EDA, advanced packaging, hardware, low power, HPC, hardware security, automotive chips, embedded, edge computing, semiconductor manufacturing, chip design, VLSI
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Hot topics: semiconductor, EDA, advanced packaging, hardware, low power, HPC, hardware security, automotive chips, embedded, edge computing, semiconductor manufacturing, chip design, VLSI
Limited by Power
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Limited by Power
Access to power is changing the industry's view about energy efficiency, which impacts all levels of the system stack and abstractions.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Limited by Power
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December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Real-time security clearances are becoming increasingly common in manufacturing of advanced-node semiconductors, where data sharing is both essential and a potential security threat.
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Zero-Trust Data Sharing Architectures Redefining Chip Manufacturing
Collaboration becomes necessary at advanced nodes, but implementation can be painful.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Real-time security clearances are becoming increasingly common in manufacturing of advanced-node semiconductors, where data sharing is both essential and a potential security threat.
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#semiconductor #ZTAs #ZeroTrustArchitectures #cybersecurity
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#semiconductor #ZTAs #ZeroTrustArchitectures #cybersecurity
3D NAND drives 3D metrology and inspection technology to new extremes.
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Metrology Digs Deep To Produce Next-Generation 3D NAND
Deep vertical holes and re-entrant features challenge the best metrology methods.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
3D NAND drives 3D metrology and inspection technology to new extremes.
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Robots are becoming smarter, more capable, and more pervasive, setting the stage for a whole new round of growth that will touch nearly every part of the semiconductor and software industries for decades to come.
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Physical AI Takes Functional Safety Cues From Automotive
The automotive industry has established safety standards, but rules concerning safety-critical physical AI are still evolving as more robots work alongside humans.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Robots are becoming smarter, more capable, and more pervasive, setting the stage for a whole new round of growth that will touch nearly every part of the semiconductor and software industries for decades to come.
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Artificial intelligence for quantum computing
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AI Techniques To Solve HW-SW Challenges For Useful Quantum Computing (Nvidia, U. of Oxford et al.)
A new technical paper “Artificial intelligence for quantum computing” was published by researchers at NVIDIA, University of Oxford, University of Toronto, Quantum Motion, University of Waterloo et al....
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December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Artificial intelligence for quantum computing
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#quantumcomputing #AI
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The rollout of edge AI is creating new security risks due to a mix of small language models (SLMs), their integration into increasingly complex hardware, and the behavior and interactions of both over time.
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Small Language Models Create New Security Risks
Edge AI will improve performance, reduce power, and keep data local, but the risk equation changes.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The rollout of edge AI is creating new security risks due to a mix of small language models (SLMs), their integration into increasingly complex hardware, and the behavior and interactions of both over time.
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#edge #SLMs #hardwaresecurtiy
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Optimizing AI Workloads For Edge Computing
Performance enhancement, cost reduction, data security, and improved energy efficiency are the end goals for optimizing AI workloads at the edge. Part 2 of series with 6 experts.
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Performance enhancement, cost reduction, data security, and improved energy efficiency are the end goals for optimizing AI workloads at the edge. Part 2 of series with 6 experts.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Optimizing AI Workloads For Edge Computing
Performance enhancement, cost reduction, data security, and improved energy efficiency are the end goals for optimizing AI workloads at the edge. Part 2 of series with 6 experts.
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Performance enhancement, cost reduction, data security, and improved energy efficiency are the end goals for optimizing AI workloads at the edge. Part 2 of series with 6 experts.
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#edgecomputing #AIworkloads
Designing resilient chips with SLM can help combat aging effects, security threats, and get to market faster with higher yields.
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The Real-World Impact Of Silicon Lifecycle Management On Chip Architectures
Designing resilient chips with SLM can help combat aging effects, security threats, and get to market faster with higher yields.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Designing resilient chips with SLM can help combat aging effects, security threats, and get to market faster with higher yields.
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#semiconductor #EDA #SiliconLifecycleManagement #chiparchitecture
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FPGAs are finding new applications in the age of artificial intelligence, high-speed wireless communications, medical and life science technology, and in complex chip architectures where they can improve the flow of data.
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FPGAs Find New Workloads In The High-Speed AI Era
Growing use cases include life science AI, reducing memory and I/O bottlenecks, data prepping, wireless networking, and as insurance for evolving protocols.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
FPGAs are finding new applications in the age of artificial intelligence, high-speed wireless communications, medical and life science technology, and in complex chip architectures where they can improve the flow of data.
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Challenges In Testing Photonics In Chips:
The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
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The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
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Challenges In Testing Photonics In Chips
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November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Challenges In Testing Photonics In Chips:
The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
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The impact of combining electrical and optical test in a single device.
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Given the pace of innovation in all kinds of AI, it is clear that the industry can expect to see rapid improvements both within the EDA tools, and in agentic AI tools that can help to relieve engineers from some of the burdensome tasks involving tool iteration.
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AI Plays Multiple Roles Within EDA
The application of AI into design tools and flows will take several forms, each independent, but all potentially working together.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Given the pace of innovation in all kinds of AI, it is clear that the industry can expect to see rapid improvements both within the EDA tools, and in agentic AI tools that can help to relieve engineers from some of the burdensome tasks involving tool iteration.
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AI-Driven Collaboration In Chip Manufacturing:
How agents can shorten time to market through secure sharing of data by machines.
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How agents can shorten time to market through secure sharing of data by machines.
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AI-Driven Collaboration In Chip Manufacturing
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November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
AI-Driven Collaboration In Chip Manufacturing:
How agents can shorten time to market through secure sharing of data by machines.
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How agents can shorten time to market through secure sharing of data by machines.
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New Panel Production Efforts Target Interposer Costs:
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A pilot line will attempt to dial in a volume process for large organic interposers.
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A pilot line will attempt to dial in a volume process for large organic interposers.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New Panel Production Efforts Target Interposer Costs:
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A pilot line will attempt to dial in a volume process for large organic interposers.
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A pilot line will attempt to dial in a volume process for large organic interposers.
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As data center infrastructures adapt to evolving workloads, parts of Ethernet can be found in scale-up approaches.
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#ScaleUp #Ethernet #UltraEthernet #ESUN
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Multiple AI Scale-Up Options Emerge
As data center infrastructures adapt to evolving workloads, parts of Ethernet can be found in scale-up approaches.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As data center infrastructures adapt to evolving workloads, parts of Ethernet can be found in scale-up approaches.
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#ScaleUp #Ethernet #UltraEthernet #ESUN
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Thin films, which are essential for isolating signals and insulating different components and metal layers, are becoming heat traps as physical dimensions continue to shrink in chips used inside AI data centers.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Thin films, which are essential for isolating signals and insulating different components and metal layers, are becoming heat traps as physical dimensions continue to shrink in chips used inside AI data centers.
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Advanced Process Control In Semiconductor Manufacturing:
As dimensions shrink, the need to improve manufacturing processes and reduce variability requires more precision.
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As dimensions shrink, the need to improve manufacturing processes and reduce variability requires more precision.
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Advanced Process Control In Semiconductor Manufacturing
Past, present, and future of managing wafer processes in the fab.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Advanced Process Control In Semiconductor Manufacturing:
As dimensions shrink, the need to improve manufacturing processes and reduce variability requires more precision.
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As dimensions shrink, the need to improve manufacturing processes and reduce variability requires more precision.
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Voltage and power integrity are becoming increasingly critical and challenging for chip designers and architects, regardless of which process technology they are using or which market they are targeting.
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#semiconductor #IRdrop #VoltageDrop #PowerIntegrity
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Power Integrity And Voltage Issues Get Harder To Detect And Solve
Inconsistent demand from multiple features can greatly increase the number of corner cases.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Voltage and power integrity are becoming increasingly critical and challenging for chip designers and architects, regardless of which process technology they are using or which market they are targeting.
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#semiconductor #IRdrop #VoltageDrop #PowerIntegrity
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As data center infrastructures adapt to evolving workloads, parts of Ethernet can be found in scale-up approaches.
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#ScaleUp #Ethernet #UltraEthernet #ESUN
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#ScaleUp #Ethernet #UltraEthernet #ESUN
Multiple AI Scale-Up Options Emerge
As data center infrastructures adapt to evolving workloads, parts of Ethernet can be found in scale-up approaches.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As data center infrastructures adapt to evolving workloads, parts of Ethernet can be found in scale-up approaches.
semiengineering.com/multiple-ai-...
#ScaleUp #Ethernet #UltraEthernet #ESUN
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#ScaleUp #Ethernet #UltraEthernet #ESUN